Suspend vm when system is inactive

[lucaweb]

Hello,

we have about 330 virtual machines (vmware vCenter server 5.5.0) and often peaple doesn't suspend or shutdown machine.

I would able to change power state (exemple from power on to suspend) after 4 hours of inactivity.

Is it possible?

Thanks a lot!

[schepp]

Hi, welcome to the communities,

how do you define a VM as inactive?

You could create an alarm for a group of VMs, that triggers when the CPU usage is beneath 10% for 60 minutes. As action you can suspend the VM.

I think 60 minutes is the max time for CPU usage you can configure though.

Tim

[lucaweb]

Thank you tim.

This is the problem, how to define the inactivity.

I've created an alarm when cpu is below 10% and then the machine going to suspend. 60 minutes is too little. The best times would be around 4\5 hours.